Oregon Voters Overwhelmingly Said Yes to Limiting Money in Politics. Then Politicians Had Their Say.

https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-campaign-finance-reform-legislature-loopholes

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FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io · 80 pts · 144d (3 replies)

Way too many politicians seem waaay too comfortable abusing their power to stay in power and flagrantly disregard the people they have literally sworn to represent.

SinningStromgald@lemmy.world · 56 pts · 144d

Once money entered politics politicians no longer represented the people.

FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 144d

It's capitalism for politics

defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 144d

It's almost like having a group of people who have power over others is a bad idea.